Best 6 Crispy Red Snapper Chinese Style Recipes

FRIED WHOLE RED SNAPPER WITH SPICY CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix the fish sauce, water, chile garlic sauce, the lime juice, and sugar together in a small pan and bring to a boil.
• Fill a large heavy saute pan with 1-inch of oil and heat for 5 minutes until hot, but not smoking.
• Make 2 diagonal cuts on each side of the fish for ease of cooking. Salt, pepper, and flour both sides of the fish. Fish should be dry, as to not splatter oil when frying. Lower fish into oil, the oil should bubble vigorously. Cook 4 minutes on each side until golden brown. Check cuts on fish for doneness.
• When fish is almost cooked, heat up sauce and stir in cornstarch mixture while sauce is boiling. Sauce should be slightly thick, but not lumpy. Remove fish from oil and slightly dry with paper towels. Add scallions to the sauce and pour over fish to cover. Serve with steamed rice.

CAJUN RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• On a large piece of wax paper, mix together paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, onion powder, thyme, basil, garlic powder, and oregano.
• In a small saucepan, over medium heat, melt butter or margarine with oil. Brush both sides of the snapper filets with the butter mixture, reserve the remaining butter mixture. Coat both sides of the filets with the seasoning-mixture.
• Heat a large cast-iron skillet over high heat until a drop of water sizzles on it. Drizzle half of the remaining butter-oil mixture on one side of fish fillets. Place fillets butter side down in pan. Cook over a high heat until the fish is deeply browned, about 5 minutes. Drizzle remaining butter-mixture over the fish and flip the fish over. Cook until fish is browned and flakes when tested with a fork, about 5 minutes more. Season to taste with salt.

PAN SEARED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Rinse snapper under cold water, and pat dry. In a shallow bowl, mix together olive oil, lemon juice, rice vinegar, mustard, honey, green onions, and ginger.
• Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Dip snapper fillets in marinade to coat both sides, and place in skillet. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Pour remaining marinade into skillet. Reduce heat, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

CA CHIEN (CRISPY RED SNAPPER WITH SPICY TOMATO SAUCE)

Steps:

• In a medium skillet over high heat, heat the oil until hot.
• Reduce the heat to medium-high and add the garlic.
• Cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
• Add the tomato and chiles and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the sugar, fish sauce and water.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thickened (about 3 minutes).
• Remove the sauce from the heat and set aside.
• In a large skillet heat about 1/2 inch of oil.
• Lay the snapper in carefully and cook over moderately high heat, without moving, until very brown and crusty (about 14 minutes).
• Turn the fish and cook the other side (about 10 minutes.).
• Drain the snapper on paper towels.
• To server, put the fish on a platter, pour sauce over it, and using a large fork lift the meat with the skin from the bones.
• Turn the fish over and do the same.
• Serve with steamed rice.

QUICK-BRAISED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine wine, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, and 2 teaspoons cornstarch, stirring until sugar has dissolved; set aside. Pat fish very dry; make 3 diagonal slashes at 2-inch intervals on each side. Sprinkle fish all over with remaining 1 tablespoon cornstarch.
• Preheat a wok or large skillet over high until smoking hot, about 2 minutes. Carefully add oil and wait until it shimmers, 10 to 15 seconds. Add ginger and garlic; reduce heat to medium-high and cook until golden, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Transfer to a plate with a fork or slotted spoon.
• Swirl oil around wok to evenly coat. Add fish and cook, undisturbed, until golden brown at bottom edges and it no longer sticks to pan (test by shaking vigorously; fish should slide back and forth when ready to flip), about 5 minutes. Flip and cook on second side, 5 minutes more. Flip again. Return ginger mixture to wok, along with wine mixture, peppers, and scallions. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, spooning braising liquid over top of fish constantly, until thickened slightly and fish is just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter and serve immediately, with rice.

WHOLE RED SNAPPER IN SZECHUAN HOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Rub the fish with soy sauce and dry wine mixture.
• Let the fish fillets marinated in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large skillet, saute the fish fillets for about 3 minutes on each side.
• Remove the fillets, add garlic, green onion, ginger, chili bean sauce, tomato paste, sugar, vinegar and water.
• Bring the mixture to a boil before adding the fish fillets back to the skillet.
• Braise the fish in the sauce for about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Mix the cornstarch with 2 tsp of water, stir in the sauce and cook for another minute.
• Sprinkle with sesame oil (optional) and serve immediately with steamed rice and your favorite steamed vegetables.